Wednesday, February 1, 2012 at 11:59PM Another quick post this week, so here's some advice on keeping up with the ever more complex Clone Wars storylines.
clone wars in Star Wars Wed. Thursday, January 26, 2012 at 4:00PM SPOILER ALERT! This week's entry includes comments on last week's Clone Wars episode.
clone wars in Star Wars Wed. Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at 11:38PM Busy weeks seem to be the order of the month. Or so. Anyway, I managed to squeeze in a viewing of the first of the new Clone Wars episodes for Season 4 this evening. Since I don't currently have any form of cable or satellite, I continue to watch via starwars.com. On the plus side, I can watch while on the treadmill. On the minus side, I didn't actually do that tonight. Maybe later this week when I get to the other two available episodes. I'll go ahead and throw a few comments out there on the first episode. Minor spoilers ahead.
clone wars in Star Wars Wed. Wednesday, April 6, 2011 at 12:03AM I hope everyone enjoyed last week's April Fools day posts. The "obviously omitted" rules from Wednesday were a lot of fun to do, and those who checked back on April 1st itself got some RPG and minis stats for Simon the Killer Ewok. A couple of notes: the rules were far more popular than Simon, and I actually did send a previous version of those midi-chlorian rules to Rodney Thompson (Wizards Saga line developer) back in 2008 for April 1st. Last week's version was much improved, and a few people noted what I thought of as a joke within the joke - you could eventually use them in play, after some more development and tweaking.
I don't report a lot of Star Wars non-gaming news, but for those who missed it, the official forums at starwars.com are shutting down at the end of the month. They'll be read only until June or so, but then they will be removed. No word on the blogs, and I'll keep posting there while I can. I've suspected for a long time the blogs would go away with the end of the Hyperspace online fan club, given the lack of upgrades. Didn't expect the forums to also go away. There was an announcement last year that another company was coming in to help run the Lucas sites, so I gather this is all part of that process.
On to this week. Since it's the end of the current Clone Wars season, I wanted to follow up on the final episodes, without major spoilers.
clone wars, d6 sw, swse in Star Wars Wed. Wednesday, March 16, 2011 at 1:30AM
Updated on Wednesday, March 16, 2011 at 4:53PM by
Sterling Hershey
Another "inside baseball" type post regarding Saga Edition this week. However, before I get into the details of scoundrels, nobles and gamblers in the game, I have the following random comments:
clone wars, sw atlas, swse in Star Wars Wed. Wednesday, February 16, 2011 at 12:02AM This past week saw the conclusion of the Clone Wars' "Mortis" trilogy, which I commented on in last week's Adventuring in the Tree post. The final episode was very good, and Knights of the Old Republic fans should definitely check out Filoni's comments on characters originally planned to appear in the episode...and why they ultimately did not. This week I'll do a 180 from the philosophical gaming environment and talk about a new take on some existing tech that caught my attention in the episode - a collapsible speeder bike.
clone wars, d6 sw, sw in Star Wars Wed. Wednesday, February 9, 2011 at 12:02PM
Updated on Wednesday, February 9, 2011 at 12:38PM by
Sterling Hershey
Updated on Tuesday, February 15, 2011 at 6:22PM by
Sterling Hershey
No, this week's title has nothing to do with Wookiees or Ewoks, unless you want it to. It ties to something Clone Wars Supervising Director Dave Filoni said in the commentary of the Clone Wars episode, Altar of Mortis. For those who haven't seen it, and no spoilers here, the Mortis trilogy delves in to the supernatural side of the Force way more than usual. It's something we've really only seen in the extended universe, and reminds me more of the Knights of the Old Republic era or some of the scenes in the more recent Fate of the Jedi novel series. Anyway, Filoni said to his writer to treat the episodes like they are all within the tree* from Empire Strikes Back, and that they're full of metaphor and, I presume, illusion.
clone wars, d6 sw, swse in Star Wars Wed. Wednesday, January 26, 2011 at 12:01AM First, a few comments on recent events, then back to the examples for running an epic length published campaign.
clone wars, d6 sw, swse in Star Wars Wed. Wednesday, January 12, 2011 at 12:02AM This past weekend marked the mid point of Clone Wars season three, and with it the Savage Opress episode trilogy. After seeing the season three trailer and other material at last summer’s Star Wars Celebration, I’ve been looking forward to the new shows. The series has improved steadily through season two and I hope it continues to do so. I have a few comments on the new episode, but I’ll save them until the end of this post as they’ll contain some minor spoilers.
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